Friday Roundtable: Lake Washington Boulevard Bicycle Weekends
Bicycle Weekends are underway for Summer 2025. This year, Seattle Parks and Recreation (SPR) is hosting ten Bicycle Weekends between May 17 and September 21. During a Bicycle Weekend, Lake Washington Boulevard between Seward Park and Mount Baker Park's Beach is closed to cars from 10am on Saturday to 6pm on Sunday. The Boulevard is open to people walking, rolling, and cycling.
People walking and cycling on Lake Washington Blvd (Bob Svercl)The remaining Bicycle Weekends are:
- June 14 - June 15(This weekend!)
- June 28 - June 29
- July 12 - July 13
- July 26 - July 27
- August 9 - August 10
- August 23 - August 24
- September 6 - September 7
- September 20 - September 21
People walking and cycling on Lake Washington Blvd (Terry Holme)Notably, both of the weekends adjacent to holidays (Independence Day and Labor Day) are not on the schedule. SPR could have taken advantage of the long weekends but opted not to do so.
Bicycle Weekend Map. Click the map to view at full-resolution in a new tab. (SPR)Getting to Lake Washington BoulevardWalking/Biking
The north end of the Bicycle Weekends path is near Mount Baker Blvd, a calm street that connects to the fairly new MLK bike lanes, the Rainier Valley Neighborhood Greenway, and Mount Baker Link station.
The middle of the path passes Genesee Park which connects to the Rainier Valley Neighborhood Greenway in Columbia City.
The south end is close to the east/west Neighborhood Greenway in Rainier Valley, via Seward Park Ave.
Transit
The north end of the path is close Route 14's southern terminus. Route 50 runs somewhat parallel to the path between Genesee Park and Seward Park. Routes 7, 106 and the Link 1 Line stop within a 30 minute walk from the Bicycle Weekends path. Route 9 is labelled on the map, but does not run on the weekend.
Driving
Numerous parking lots along the boulevard are free and open during Bicycle Weekends. These lots are labelled on the map.
This is an open thread.